Museo della Civiltà Romana
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| Established | 1952 (1952) |
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| Location | Piazza Giovanni Agnelli 10, 00144 Rome, Italy |
| Coordinates | 41°49′55″N 12°28′41″E / 41.83194°N 12.47806°E / 41.83194; 12.47806 |
| Type | Archaeology, Art Museum |
| Website | www |
The Museum of Roman Civilization (Italian: Museo della Civiltà Romana) is a museuminRome (Esposizione Universale Roma district), devoted to aspects of Ancient Roman Civilization.
The museum has been closed for renovation since 2014.
The museum was designed by the architects Pietro Ascheri, D. Bernardini and Cesare Pascoletti[1] (1939–1941). Its 59 sections[2] illustrate the history of Roman civilization from its origins to the 4th century, with models and reproductions, as well as original material. The premises are shared with a planetarium.
It houses, among other things:
The museum was closed for renovation in January 2014.[5] Work on the renovation was started in June 2017;[6] as of January 2024, no date has been announced for the reopening.
There are three main different itineraries through the rooms of the museum:
Il Plastico is today the most important reference for any serious attempt of reconstruction of the Ancient Rome: it has been used for the "Rome Reborn 1.0" 3D Visualization Project (B. Frischer, Director, University of Virginia; D. Favro, Associate Director, UCLA; D. Abernathy, Director of 3D Modeling, University of Virginia; G. Guidi, Director of 3D Scanning, Politecnico di Milano). Gismondi's model can be seen also in a few shots of Ridley Scott's Gladiator.
In the James Bond film Spectre, the marble colonnade of the museum doubled as a cemetery after the Archconfraternity of the Departed [7] confraternity barred the filming of a funeral scene at the Campo Verano cemetery.[8][9] The music video of the song "Cruel Summer" by group Ace of Base was also filmed at this location in 1998.
Media related to Museo della Civiltà Romana (Rome) at Wikimedia Commons| Preceded by Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome |
Landmarks of Rome Museum of Roman Civilization |
Succeeded by Museum of the Ara Pacis |
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